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2018 Domaine de Fauterie Cornas Vieilles Vignes
3/10/2023 - CLDWLL Likes this wine: 95 Points
A superb bottle of wine - even though opened too soon.
Opaque purple/violet. Medium/high viscosity. A little shy and one dimensional upon opening, showing predominantly well-ripened black fruit and a big imprint of minerality. With air, violets, spice, black cherry, leather. There is a sweetness and remarkable purity to the fruit. Smooth attack. Firm tannic structure. The black fruit persists. Good acidity. Tannins slightly drying. A Flannery ribeye was a perfect pairing!
Sat with the wine for hours and the evolution in the glass was remarkable.
Wait a few years or give a long decant 3+ hours.
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2016 Christophe Billon Côte-Rôtie Les Elotins
11/15/2021 - CLDWLL wrote:
Let it rest. Palate is tight tight tight!
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2007 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave St. Joseph
9/27/2015 - CLDWLL Likes this wine:
It's been 5 years since I last tasted this wine. I really liked it then and today I am LOVING it. The nose screams Northern Rhone. Olive, meat, blood, leather and violets. Smooth attack. Lots of juicy acidity. Gains weight in the glass. Grippy tannins, persistent finish.
*With air, wine really started to clamp down. Tannic structure became much more evident. Wish I had another bottle to see where this goes. Pair this with a robust dish and you'll be pleased. Great reminder of how modest wines reward cellaring.
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